But did you know that if rates of population increase continued unabated like those before GE 2011, the population in Singapore would hit 18 million by 2050, with the percentage of foreigners going up to 62%?

A population of 10M by 2050 is the lower end, not the high or crazy/speculative end of the population projections, if the labour force growth rate is kept at 2016 and 2015 levels of 1.7 to 2.3% which resulted in anemic GDP growth rates of 2.0% and very dismal job creation.

To get higher +4% GDP growth, Singapore needs to go for scenarios (1) and (2) which will bring it to a population of 18M by 2050.

If not, be prepared for more economic stagnation at 2% GDP growth, even if the population increases to 10M from 2017 to 2050.